Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF) Reviews & Tests

Expert review by (ephotozine.com)

Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF) Lens Review

This lens from Pentax is an ultra-wide angle offering designed purely for the *istD series of cameras with an APS-C sized sensor with the 1.5x crop factor. As a means of overcoming the wide angle limitations of cropped sensors, does it go far enough?...

Good build quality; Nice protective pouch

High price for performance

With a crop factor of 1.5x on the *istD cameras, this equates to a field of view similar to 21mm on a 135 format camera and is a little less wide than most of the opposition are achieving at the present time. On top of this, the performance of this...

Nov, 2005

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Expert review by : photodo.com (photodo.com)

REVIEW: Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF)

This lens from Pentax is an ultra-wide angle offering designed purely for the *istD series of cameras with an APS-C sized sensor with the 1.5x crop factor. As a means of overcoming the wide angle limitations of cropped sensors, does it go far enough?...

Good build quality; Nice protective pouch

Optically disappointing, especially wide open; High price for performance

With a crop factor of 1.5x on the *istD cameras, this equates to a field of view similar to 21mm on a 135 format camera and is a little less wide than most of the opposition are achieving at the present time. On top of this, the performance of this...

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Expert review by : Ian Andrews www.wildaboutkent.co.uk (ephotozine.com)

Pentax-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED (IF) Review

With a crop factor of 1.5x on the *istD cameras, this equates to a field of view similar to 21mm on a 135 format camera and is a little less wide than most of the opposition are achieving at the present time.

Read the full review